Smashing Pumpkins Reveal New Band Member

Meet the newest addition to Billy Corgan's new version of Smashing Pumpkins: bassist Nicole Fiorentino, a veteran of bands like Veruca Salt, Spinerette, and Twilight Sleep.

Fiorentino replaces bassist Ginger Pooley -- who replaced Melissa Auf der Maur, who replaced D'Arcy Wretzky, the band's original low-ender. When SP announced Pooley's recent departure, Corgan said the band would seek a new bassist via auditions, the same way he found 20-year-old drummer Mike Byrne, who replaced founding sticksman Jimmy Chamberlin when he left last year.

A statement at SP's website explains that Light FM, another band she played in, performed alongside Corgan's band Backwards Clock Society at a Los Angeles benefit concert last year.